Street Photography, Street Photography
December 28, 2009

Old Posters on Orchard and Broome

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A couple of billboards were removed during the renovation of the former Tenement Museum's Visitor's Center, revealing some very old posters.  The first (above), now partially covered again, is a re-election poster for Mayor Vincent Impellitteri, who served between 1950 and 1953.  You can also make out an ad for the Israel Orphan Asylum. 

Below are ads for Assemblyman Louis Desalvio, who served between 1941 and 1979 and for Hersh's Sacramental wine, which shows the Jewish influence in the neighborhood in the 1950s.

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